It’s all getting too much! Sometimes we have to break down. It’s too tough emotionally, events get on top of us or maybe you were just unlucky enough to buy a crap car that keeps on breaking down. Whatever your interpretation of ‘breakdown’ we’d love to hear your story set around a breakdown or maybe the breakdown was a small but pivotal moment in a much bigger story. Come on down to The Camden Head to hear some great stories about breakdowns and hopefully no one does that on stage…

Our shows are friendly. open, intimate and honest and the stories moving, life-affirming, shocking, captivating or just plain hilarious. It’s different to a comedy show where the expectation is laughter… here laughter comes, but it’s a part of a whole breadth of other emotions and reactions to the stories and it makes for a rich, fulfilling evening’s entertainment.

Come on down and experience one of the friendliest and most memorable nights London has to offer. We’d love you to get involved, whether it’s telling a story, suggesting a new theme or just coming down to watch the night, there is something for everyone at Natural Born Storytellers…

We all love to spin a good yarn, but sometimes talking about ourselves and the things we’ve done feels harder. We question ourselves: “Do I have a story to tell or just a bunch of anecdotes?”, “why would anything I’ve done be interesting to someone else?” or “I don’t really know what my story is even about?”.

It is these questions and more that we will explore in this fun, supportive and experiential workshop: we will share stories, play games and help craft moments from your life into captivating true stories. We’ll work with structure, performance, voice and other storytelling techniques in small groups where you will connect with others and share experiences with lots of feedback and support.

Everyone will leave having created and performed their own 2-3 minute story.

Everything happens for a reason and there are times in our lives when events described as just ‘coincidence’ do not do them justice. Maybe there was more to it than met the eye. Maybe everything came together at once or the coincidence was just too unbelievable and it was a sign that you were headed in the right direction, or possibly down completely the wrong path. We all take different things from coincidence and tonight we’ll hear stories from people who have learned something from those situations.

Our shows are friendly. open, intimate and honest and the stories moving, life-affirming, shocking, captivating or just plain hilarious. It’s different to a comedy show where the expectation is laughter… here laughter comes, but it’s a part of a whole breadth of other emotions and reactions to the stories and it makes for a rich, fulfilling evening’s entertainment.

Come on down and experience one of the friendliest and most memorable nights London has to offer. We’d love you to get involved, whether it’s telling a story, suggesting a new theme or just coming down to watch the night, there is something for everyone at Natural Born Storytellers…

Introduction to True Storytelling: Creating & Telling a Captivating Story

We all love to spin a good yarn, but sometimes talking about ourselves and the things we’ve done feels harder. We question ourselves: “Do I have a story to tell or just a bunch of anecdotes?”, “why would anything I’ve done be interesting to someone else?” or “I don’t really know what my story is even about?”.

It is these questions and more that we will explore in this fun, supportive and experiential workshop: we will share stories, play games and help craft moments from your life into captivating true stories. We’ll work with structure, performance, voice and other storytelling techniques in small groups where you will connect with others and share experiences with lots of feedback and support.

Everyone will leave having created and performed their own 2-3 minute story.

Come on down and experience one of the friendliest and most memorable nights London has to offer. We’d love you to get involved, whether it’s telling a story, suggesting a new theme or just coming down to watch the night, there is something for everyone at Natural Born Storytellers…

This month’s theme is ‘I Nearly Died’.

We find our storytellers organically and through word of mouth so literally anyone with any level of experience can take to the stage…

Our nights are friendly. open, intimate and honest and the stories moving, life-affirming, shocking, captivating or just plain hilarious. It’s different to a comedy night where the expectation is laughter… here laughter comes, but it’s a part of a whole breadth of other emotions and reactions to the stories and it makes for rich and fulfilling entertainment.

We find our storytellers organically and through word of mouth so literally anyone with any level of experience can take to the stage… If you’d like to tell a story at one of our future nights here are our upcoming themes. Please email us at naturalbornstorytellers@gmail.com with a story outline to claim a spot.

In this fun and intimate workshop, we will share stories, play games and help craft moments from your life into captivating true stories.

Working with performance techniques we help you bring your story to life by performing the story rather than simply re-telling, embodying characters, movement, experiencing the story again rather than simply remembering what happened and we will work together in small groups where you will connect with others and share experiences with lots of feedback and support. You will learn and practice practical techniques to make your stories memorable and to help put the audience directly in the action.

Taught by: Michael Kossew (Co-founder and host of storytelling night Natural Born Storytellers’ which runs monthly at Camden Comedy Club, produces larger scale ‘Best Of’ shows at the Lost Theatre and travels to UK festivals. Michael currently runs workshops across London including a successful short course at Camden Comedy Club earlier this year.)

Important life events always leave a mark, embed themselves into your psyche and change you forever. ‘Scars’ brings people together to share these momentous events and stories that have left them changed. We could hear stories about physical scars, emotional wounds, or perhaps a wonderfully happy occasion left you scarred for entirely different reasons.

Our nights are friendly. open, intimate and honest and the stories moving, life-affirming, shocking, captivating or just plain hilarious. It’s different to a comedy night where the expectation is laughter… here laughter comes, but it’s a part of a whole breadth of other emotions and reactions to the stories and it makes for rich and fulfilling entertainment.

We find our storytellers organically and through word of mouth so literally anyone with any level of experience can take to the stage… If you’d like to tell a story at one of our future nights here are our upcoming themes. Please email us at naturalbornstorytellers@gmail.com with a story outline to claim a spot.

A night with a difference. This regular night presents moving, life affirming, shocking, captivating or just plain hilarious night of real stories, told by real people. This month’s theme: I’ve Never Told Anyone This Before but…